After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Psalm 84:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: The LORD will give grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: The LORD will give grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. American Standard Version (1901) For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Common English Bible The LORD is a sun and shield; God is favor and glory. The LORD gives—doesn’t withhold!—good things to those who walk with integrity. Catholic Public Domain Version Mercy and truth have met each other. Justice and peace have kissed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed. |
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me; My glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
The princes of the peoples are gathered together To be the people of the God of Abraham: For the shields of the earth belong unto God; He is greatly exalted.
Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; And our land shall yield her increase.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered: But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.
being confident of this very thing, that he which began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
And my God shall fulfill every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.